Fruit juice extracting implement



y 1932- M. A. DAVIS ET AL 1,361,426

FRUIT JUICE EXTRACTING IMPLEMENT Filed Nov. 5, 1927 INVENTORS Mansell A. Dal/w John Eunsi Patented May 31, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MANSELL A. DAVIS, OF WESTCHESTER, AND JOHN KUNST, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.; SA ID KUNST ASSIGNOR T0 SAID DAVIS FRUIT JUICE EXTRACTING IMPLEMENT Application filed November This invention relates to a fruit juice extracting implement, and an object of the 1nvention is to provide an implement of this character which will be at once of dignified and attractive appearance and of strong, substantial and practical construction.

A more detailed object is to provide a fruit juice extracting implement made up of a minimum number of parts, one of the parts being adapted for the actual extracting operation, the other forirotatably supporting the first and receiving the extracted juice, and the first being readily removable for conveniently disposing of all parts of the fruit except'the extracted juice.

' Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less specific than those referred to above, will be in part obvious and in part pointed out in the course of the following description of the elements, combinations, arrangements of parts and applications of prin ciples constituting the invention; and the scope of'protection contemplated will be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing which is to taken as a part of this specification, and in which I have shown merely a preferred form of'embodiment of the invention, there is illustrated a perspective view of an implement constructed in accordance with the invention, a portion being broken away for a disclosure of details of construction.

Referring to the drawing for describing in 7 detail the embodiment illustrated therein, the

reference character L indicates the juice receiving part of the implement. This is in the form of a cup-like container and preferably has a hand grip as 1 exteriorly thereof and a lip as 2 for the convenient pouring of extracted juice.

Rising from the centre of the bottom wall of the part L, preferably, though not necessarily, integral therewith is a standard G, the upper end of which is provided with a vertical reduced cylindrical extension 3 serv ing as a pivot shaft upon which the extractor part H is mounted. An annular upwardly facing shoulder 4 is formed at the base of the extension 3 to serve as a thrust bearing for the extractor part. v I

5, 1927. Serial No. 231,205.

The extractor part H comprises an annular base portion 5 from the centre of which rises the extractor proper 6, said extractor proper being of any appropriate form as is well known in devices of this character, and preferably including a suitable number of ribs as 7-7 for rubbing about against the inner surface of the fruit.

The base 5 is formed with an ample number of openings as 88 therethrough by which it is adapted to serve as a strainer for straining the material removed from the fruit by the extractor proper 6, and at its peripheral part is shaped to provide an annular groove as 9, there being additional strainer openings as 10- 10 provided through the bottom wall of said groove.

At the underside of the base 5 centrally thereof is provided a bearing opening as 11 of proper size to receive the pivot shaft 3 and allow the adjacent undersurface portion as 12 of the base to rest upon the thrust hearing 4; in such manner that the extractor H may be readily rotated, or oscillated, upon and about the pivot shaft 3.

The fit of the bearing opening 11 upon the pivot shaft 3 is also such that the extractor H may readily be lifted off from the standard G and entirely removed at will for the easy discharge of the fruit after the juice extracting operation has been completed.

A handle as 13 is provided projecting from one side of the base 5 by which handle the extractor may be easily rotated, or oscillated, by the user. i

The entire device maybe made of glass, aluminum or other appropriate material, and the two parts of which it is comprised are sanitary and may be easily cleaned throughout.

In use a one-half of a fruit, as for instance an orange or a lemon, held in an inverted position, is pressed downwardly against the extractor proper 6 by one of the operators hands, while with the other hand the opera tor rotates, or oscillates, the extractor upon its pivotal support by means of the handle 13. The extracted pulp and juice will flow downwardly on to the base 5, being strained throughthe openings 8 so that some of the H, with the remaining fruitskin, seeds and.

pulp, may be quickly and easily lifted away by means of the handle-13 for disposing of these useless parts of the fruit and leaving the juice receiving part L with only the strained juice and free of encumbrance "by' the extractor part.

As many changes-could be made inthis construction without departing from v the scope of therinvention, as defined in-the foL' lowing-claims, itwis intended that all matter contained in the above description, or shown.

in the accompanying drawing, shall 'be:interpreted as illustrative only'and not in a limitingsense';

Havingithus described our invention, what we cl'aim as newand desire to secure by Let ters Patent is:

1.' The combinationlwitha portable con= tainer intended to receive fruitjuice therein, of a standard made up as apart of saidcontainersand projecting upwardly from the bottomawallithereof-centrally of the container,

saidfzstandard having an annular bearing part'atits -upper end, and a fruit ]Ul08' ex-- tracting device rotatably'mounted upon said bearing part' and having a handle thereon by which it may be conveniently rotated with respect to the container. 1 V

2. A'fruit ajuiceextrac-ting and straining implementtcomprising a main imperforate container having a central bearing therein, a combined juice extracting and straining device:rotatablymounted upon said bearing,the

bearing being constructed to a permit ready separation of the extracting and'straining device therefromat will, and a handle provided upon,saidcex-tracting andstraining device by which to rotate said device with respect to the container andzby which said devicemay be readily; removed fromzthe container. 1

3. Asian; article :of ananufacture, a fruit juice extracting-implement consisting of: two separately formed members, one of said memberszbeing shaped to: provide a containerfor the; fruitrjuicesand having a bearing part formed integral therewith at its centre, the other member being shaped to provide an extract'ordevicefor rubbing against the fruit to ex'tract the juice therefrom I and a strainer for straining the juice and through which the juice is delivered into. the first-mentioned member-,2 said second inember: being shaped also to) providezia bearing1part co operative 4. A fruit juice'extracting' and straining implement comprising a main container, a juice extracting device rotatably mounted upon the container, said juice extracting device includinga-base part and a juice extracting part rising centrally from the base par-t,:'the b-ase part having openings therethrough serving as -straining :means for the extracted juice throughwhi'ch the juice willbe dischargedinto the main-container, and a handleconnected directly'with said base part by which to operate-the -juiceextractingde vice.

In a fruit juice extractor, a juice extracting head adapted to be oscillated against'an article of fruit, said head having an elongated handleextending radi allyi'from its periphery to facilitate the oscillationvof'said-head:

6; In a fruit juice extractor, a juice receiv ing receptacle,- an oscillatory juice: extracting. head supported by said receptacle, said head havingan elongated handle extendingradially therefrom at its periphery 'to facilitate theoscillation thereof;

7 As-an'article of manufacture; a fruituice extracting. implement "COIIIPI'ISIIIg :two

sep a-ratelyformed members, one of-said mem"- bers beingshaped to provide-a container for the fruit juice "and having means providing a pivot bearing part at the centre of saidmentioned" member," the 'other -:memberv being shaped to constitute first "anextractor device for rubbing againstthe fruit to extract the juice therefromg-second' a strainer device for straining the juice-andthrough which the juice delivered into the first mentioned member, third a pivot bearing part to engage the pivot bearing part ofthe firstmember to osci-llatablyconnect the second member with thefirst member, and fourth a'handle bywhich tomanually oscillate said second member with respect to the first member.

8. In a fruit juice extractor, a juice extract-' ingheadadapted to be-oscillatedagainst an article of fruit andhaving a strainer connect-' ed to the lower part thereof to oscillate therewith, means to" removably oscillatably' support said head, and saidheadlhaving a handle.

extending radially and directly therefrom by which to, handle and to 'm'anuallywoscillate' said head and strainer.

9. In a fruit juice extractor, a container, a

tainer, a juiceextracting:headremovably os-- cillatably mounted upon -'=sa1d post, uice straining means connected with said uice ex tures.

MANSELL A. DAVIS. JOHN KUNST. 

